ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,045, issued on March 24, was assigned to AGCO DO BRASIL SA LTDA (Ribeireo Preto, Brazil).
"Basecutter automated height calibration for sugarcane harvesters" was invented by Roque Eduardo Dapper (Canoas, Brazil), Renan Kadiama (Canoas, Brazil) and Gregorio Kaminski (Canoas, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sugarcane harvester includes basecutters for cutting sugarcane stalks from sugarcane plants; a chopping section for chopping the sugarcane stalks into billets; a discharge assembly for discharging the billets to a storage vehicle; and a height adjustment system for automatically adjusting a height of the basecutters to avoid...